May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
May symbols: The birthstone of May is the emerald which is emblematic of love and success. The May birth flower is the Lily of the Valley and the Crataegus monogyna. The mayflower Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The zodiac signs for the month of May are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards).
Historical Events for May, 1994
Day of Week 1st » Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna Death of Ayrton Senna e.g is killed in an accident during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix e.g San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
Day of Week 2nd » A bus Poland bus disaster of 1994 e.g crashes in Gdańsk or Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
Day of Week 4th » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestine called Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
Day of Week 5th » The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
5th » American teenager Michael P. Fay is Caning in Singapore e.g caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
Day of Week 6th » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
6th » Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against United States President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
Day of Week 13th » Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.
Day of Week 17th » Malawi holds its Malawian general election, 1994 called first multi-party elections.
Day of Week 21st » The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessful attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
Day of Week 24th » Four men convicted of 1993 World Trade Center bombing named bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1994
1st » Wallace Oliveira dos Santos or Wallace, Brazilian footballer
28th » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American author (b. 1916)
29th » Erich Honecker, German politician (b. 1912)
30th » Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints named President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)